5.+Why+is+Creative+Commons+Used

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 * [[image:wanna_work_together.jpg]]Why do people benefit from Creative Commons? **

​  “Obscurity is a far greater threat to authors and creative artists than piracy.” Tim Oreilly @ __ [] __

In effect, Creative Commons was developed because of the increasing demand for alternatives to the existing copyright laws in the United States. Lawyer and leading internet expert Lawrence Lessig developed the site in 2001 to provide a collection of easy to use licenses that would allow authors to share their work using a specific set of conditions. These works are classified as free to copy and share. This means artists are able to use the work of others to improve their own works. Some artists put their unpublished work out to encourage fans to enjoy it for free, while others share their works in the hopes that others will expand upon it while still crediting them as the author of the original work. Many different forms of art, design, or creation have been made available to broaden the experience. Think of how easy it is to use someone else’s work.  [|getalife.com] For example: pictures. Say you are creating a slide presentation. You are allowed to download certain photos and in some cases you can then alter and publish them. So you use some of the pictures as they are, then you modify some, and finally you add some new ones of your own. Now you have a dynamic slide presentation without all the work. Most authors allow this but request you give them credit for their work. Everyday, whether for personal or commercial use, people around the world now have the opportunity and the tools to incorporate an array of works into their own creations. This means everything you want to use – blogs, music, videos, photos, computer games and everything you want to do – copying, emailing, or posting it to a blog. These works can be used to enhance the design of research papers, presentations, handouts, invitations, photo albums, memos, emails, posters, commercials, etc..

**“You know, we don’t grow most of the food we eat. We wear clothes other people make. We speak a language that other people developed. We use a mathematics that other people evolved… I mean, we’re constantly taking things. It’s a wonderful, ecstatic feeling to create something that puts it back in the pool of human experience and knowledge.” **  Steve Jobs __[|www.swaroopch.com/blog/why-use-creative-commons-license/] __ 

Jonathan Coulton - Musician[[image:jonathancoulton.jpg width="75" height="75" align="left"]]
“With Creative Commons, the act of creation becomes not the end, but the beginning of a creative process that links complete strangers together in collaboration. It’s a deeply satisfying and beautiful vision of what art and culture can be.”

Creative Commons opens the door to a collection of communication tools for instructors, allowing them to bring creative content into their classroom taking the student from a passive state to an active state. Teachers can now automatically direct their students to various internet sites through http://search.creativecommons.org/ to access to a multitude of sites where students can search pages that are free to share or modify thus encouraging student creativity. As well this also gives the teacher the opportunity to teach students about ownership.

=**For a great list of sites maintained on the Creative Commons Wiki go to:**= []

Creative Commons: for happier image searching Joyce Valenza Ph.D March 10, 2009 __http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1340000334/post/130041813.htm__
 * “I don't think a single day goes by when I don't do some instruction that leads my students to media attached to** [|**//Creative Commons//**] **licensing. Most days I lead them to images for their presentations and their digital storytelling efforts.**

Teacher-librarians must be able to guide their learning communities in the areas of respect for and use of intellectual property. They should also be able to guide their communities in how they might share their own creative work.

Creative Commons demonstrates respect for intellectual property while recognizing a more open information landscape, the desire of content creators to share, and the need of content users to build on prior knowledge.”  **<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">There are many reasons to use Creative Commons ** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">**<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">in the classroom as well as in the boardroom. ** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">

As the author of __[| Creative Commons in the Classroom]__ <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">,Jessica Coates states <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">“Using other people’s works can: -Facilitate Collaboration ** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">(defined by [|Merriam-Webster Dictionary]as: to work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">-Increase your reach and reputation -Speed the creation of educational resources -Improve quality -Reduce the cost of development -Make better use of publicly funded resources -Give new value to old material -Provide legal clarity and reduce admin” ** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">